Free is Good

We call this our "Free Day", in that everything we did, was free. A nice welcome to the budget!

We started at Cooter's Dukes of Hazzard Museum. It brought back a lot of memories of watching the show with our kids back in the day (it was Bryan's favorite show).

There was the General Lee

 Boss Hog's car

 

Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane's police car

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And even the garage.

Next stop was the Mean's Covered Bridge,  built in 1892 but it was burned down by vandals on Halloween, 1976.  The original timbers were salvaged and the  bridge rebuilt. It is part of the Wilderness Trail in Shenandoah County (the only "wilderness" for us).

I drove through this not once, but twice!

The road as you come out of the bridge.

 The next two places are exceptional.  The were created by the owner of the Shenandoah  Caverns. 

First American Celebration on Parade, which  features over 20 full size floats from Presidential Inaugurals, Rose Parades and other national celebrations.

Just a few of the floats and items on display.

The other attraction, which happens to be across the road, is the Big Yellow Barn. It is full of restored antique farm wagons, carriages and equipment an more.  

The honey bees are busy now making honey but they do come and go as they please.

The phaeton - what our motor home is named after.

A little bit of everything old.

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Then the final stop of the day - Route 11 Potato Chip Factory.

We took  the tour (no photos allowed) and saw how they make the chips, which are very good.  I will be looking for the brand when we get home.

We ended our day at the American Legion Post 166 (the same number as the Homosassa American Legion)

The view from outside .

You enter through the small door.

and then go down these stairs to enter.

We found the people there very friendly so this was not our only visit while here.

It's a Small World 

A men came into the Legion, asking who who was driving the car with the Pinellas County tags.  We introduced ourselves to Bill Johnson and found out he had lived in Pinellas Park, graduated the year before Big Bob at  the same high school, knew several of our friends, and turns out, his father-in-law owned the Endless Caverns and campground for awhile and Bill had worked here until 2006 and still knew the staff.

Needless to say, we slept good after a visit to the American Legion and such as full day.

We have enjoyed our time here and we are more knowledgeable of the Civil, and Revolutionary War and D-Day.  We will learn more as we continue to follow the Civil War Trails and the history of our country. 

Next destination: New Market, VA

There will be lots of caverns to explore and several more day trips planned.